Please be mindful of the fact that all the French sounds are produced with greater facial, throat and other phonatory muscle tension than any English sound.
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The French[è] sound is similar to the English vowel sound in the word bad, but usually much shorter.
The sound's written representations can be: è ê ei ai aî ë e é
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| · | aî -
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| · | ë -
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WATCH !!!
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( er is pronounced [Scottish air] in word final position in monosyllabic words )
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( er is pronounced [Scottish air] inside words with more than one syllable )
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( -ien is pronounced [ ai ~] in word final position in monosyllabic words )
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